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Creating a raid 1 volume, Assigning a hot spare disk, Initializing a raid volume – Acer Altos G5350 Series User Manual

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Creating a RAID 1 volume

1

After rebooting the server, press Ctrl+M to enter the MegaRAID
Configuration screen. The Management menu appears.

2

Select Configuration. The Configuration menu appears.

3

Select New Configuration, then select YES. An array selection
window displays the devices connected to the current controller.

4

Use the arrow keys to select a specific drive, then press the
spacebar to associate the selected drive with the current array.

In the menu, the selected drive’s indicator will change from READY
to ONLINE A[array number]-[drive number].
For example ONLINE A1-2 means disk drive 2 in array 1.

5

Add two drives to the current array, then press Enter.

6

Press F10 to configure the logical drives. The default RAID level for
2 disk drives is RAID 1.

7

Select Accept to use the default setting, then press Enter.

8

Press Enter again to end the array configuration.

9

Select YES to Save Configuration, and press any key to return to
the Configuration menu.

Assigning a hot spare disk

1

In the Configuration menu, select Add/View Configuration.

2

Use the arrow keys to select a specific drive, then press F4 to set
the drive as a hot spare disk.

3

Select YES. In the menu, the selected drive’s indicator will change
from READY to HOTSP.

4

Press Esc to end the array configuration.

5

Select YES to Save Configuration, then press any key to return
to the Configuration menu.

Initializing a RAID volume

1

Press Esc to return to the Management menu.

2

Select Initialize. All logical drives will appear under Logical Drives.

3

Using the spacebar, select the drive that you want to initialize. The
selected drive becomes yellow.

4

Press F10, then select YES to start initialization.